HOSPITAL SALARIES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 348, 1 May 1935, Page 7

HOSPITAL SALARIES

RESTORATION OF CUTS MADE !N 1931 Press Association —Copyright Auckland, April 30. A ruling by the Health Department in a circular letter last week that the original 10 per cent, cut in salaries and wages imposed in 1931 is not to be restored by hospital boards either in part or in whole until specific approval is given was discussed at a special meeting or the Auckland Hospital Board. The board decided that in view of its improved financial position it would press for official permission to restore the reductions, as decided on in a resolution passed a fortnight ago. The chairman, Mr. W. Wallace, said the cuts would have to be restored and, if possible, salaries increased in order to get a return to better conditions. It was'thought the Government would have welcomed the action of the Auckland board in restoring the cut as a lead to other hospital “We should refuse to take the department’s ruling as the last word in this matter,” Mr. Wallace added.